Constraint inspires creativity
BIZ STONEThe reason I really started running was for meditative purposes. I would pick some problem to have in my head while running.
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Creativity comes from constraint.
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I think before Twitter people didn’t think that way, not in any sort of meaningful or specific way, so what I’m trying to say, if we’re trying a bunch of stuff, a lot of cool and great social stuff, a lot of platform stuff, then some of it will stick, and some of it will be junked over.
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I knew Mac pretty well. I’d used them when I was younger.
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You have to have an emotional investment in what you’re doing. If you don’t love what you’re doing, failure is pretty much guaranteed.
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I was kind of showing the art director a thing or two about how to use a Mac. And one day everyone went out to lunch and I jumped on the computer and designed a book jacket and slipped it in the pile to go to the review board in New York.
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I mean, if you were going to say that now, it doesn’t sound like a great idea, because there are other ways you can distribute the news.
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If people are passionate about your product, whether it’s because they’re hating or loving it, those are both good scenarios.
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I was writing and developing software for alumnae to be able to connect and communicate.
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I started out as an artist, and I continue to think of myself as an artist first, and a technologist and entrepreneur after that.
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People first. Technology second.
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I’ve probably overused this analogy of a flock of birds moving around an object in flight, but, in reality, it’s so simple, real time communication of individuals that allow for this super organism type of organism to happen.
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You curate information that you want to receive. It’s a lot different because I’m not asking you if it’s okay, I’m just saying I’m following your updates. That’s why I don’t think of Twitter as a social network.
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We realized we weren’t really using Odeo, we weren’t investing our own time creating podcasts.
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We can break news really fast. When an earthquake happens, there are people Twittering about it.
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The determination that led me to create a new sports team taught me an important lesson: opportunity is manufactured.
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